Eat Pray Love in CNY

Mike Greenlar / The Post StandardThe Italian Sausage with Salt Potatoes at The Mountain View Restaurant at the New York State Fair.

"Eat Pray Love," Elizabeth Gilbert's 2006 self-help manifesto, not only has sold nearly 8 million copies, but it soon will accomplish what countless Hollywood producers have failed to do:

Birth a new Julia Roberts chick flick.

In the book, Gilbert decides to shuck her tiresome, Bed-Bath-&-Beyond torture chamber of a life and visit Italy to learn and master the magical art of eating. She moves on to India in search of an enlightened Zen buzz, then finishes up on the exotic isle of Bali, allowing her newly replenished soul to roam and graze the flowery fields.

That, of course, is the Julia Roberts movie, which features Billy Crudup and Javier Bardem.

This, of course, is Central New York, featuring Billy Fuccillo and Jim Boeheim.

Nevertheless, take heart, Syracusans. You CAN gorge out on that Eat-Pray-Love spiritual buffet -- right here in the Emerald City.

Gilbert proverb: "People follow different paths, straight or crooked, according to their temperament, depending on which they consider best, or most appropriate -- and all reach You, just as rivers enter the ocean."

Boeheim proverb: "He's had some tremendous spurts for us, but he's been in a lot of foul trouble, which happens with big guys. When he's in the game and not in foul trouble, he's been effective. But, he's got to stay in the game."

Gilbert proverb: "If you can plant yourself in stillness long enough, you will, in time, experience the truth that everything (both uncomfortable and lovely) does eventually pass."

Boeheim proverb: "Obviously when you lose your three leading scorers it's a tremendous loss, and that's something you look at and realize that's a big adjustment. The good news is that we have three guys back."